tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73620660645278050142024-03-24T03:09:52.283-04:00NE Rando Race SeriesJonathan S. Shefftzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00532156922403744857noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362066064527805014.post-65444994928881036232015-01-21T18:07:00.015-05:002024-01-30T21:17:54.402-05:00Overview & Welcome!Welcome to the NE Rando Race Series: a series of Olympic/<a href="http://www.ismf-ski.org/" target="_blank">ISMF</a>-format skimo/rando races in the Northeastern U.S. with twelve different venues since the 2008-09 season across Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine!<br />
<br />Such racing hearkens back to skiing’s early years, when skiers challenged the mountain both up and down, without the help of chairlifts: using climbing “skins” with bindings that free the heel for ascents yet allow fixed-heel downhill skiing sans skins for the descents, racers start at the base of the mountain, ascend it, then descend it, as fast as possible, over multiple laps, from approximately 4,500' to 6,000' cumulative vertical, in the truest test of the most complete skier overall.<br />
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<i><u>You can read more at these links:</u></i><div><a href="https://www.slowtwitch.com/Lifestyle/Getting_Back_to_the_Roots_8881.html" target="_blank">Slow Twitch</a> January 26, 2024<br /><div><a href="https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/thunderbolt-backcountry-ski-race-set-sat-mt-17815889.php" target="_blank">Times Union</a> March 3, 2023</div><div><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/163YXRDDG9gC155OLmQYrHBzyOdPiSrmN/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Country Journal</a> March 2, 2023</div><div><a href="https://24ssports.com/doomed-in-our-lifetime-mt-greylock-thunderbolt-climate-change/" target="_blank">24ssports</a> August 23, 2022</div><div><a href="https://www.skijournal.com/thunderbolt-ski-trail-rando-race/" target="_blank">New England Ski Journal</a> February 19, 2022</div><div>Berkshire Eagle February <a href="https://www.berkshireeagle.com/sports/local_sports/mike-walsh-powder-report-return-of-thunderbolt-ne-rando-race-series-and-a-rise-in/article_bbe8e698-7489-11eb-89cd-0bbe8da51b4c.html" target="_blank">21</a> & <a href="https://www.berkshireeagle.com/sports/local_sports/ne-rando-race-series-returns-to-mount-greylock-on-saturday/article_8ba4d626-76e2-11eb-a468-5b389b964135.html" target="_blank">24</a>, 2021</div><div><a href="https://www.telegram.com/story/sports/outdoors/2021/01/20/wintry-windfall-gives-area-resorts-boost/4222113001/" target="_blank">Worcester Telegram</a> January 20, 2021<br /><div>
Berkshire Eagle February <a href="https://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/thunderbolt-ski-race-returning-to-mount-greylock,597715" target="_blank">19</a> & <a href="https://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/thunderbolt-ski-race-makes-return-to-mount-greylock-with-ne-rando-race-series,598046" target="_blank">22</a>, 2020<br />
Worcester Telegram <a href="https://www.telegram.com/news/20200122/snow-sports-kevin-combs-enjoying-powder-powder-and-more-powder-in-utah" target="_blank">January 22, 2020</a>, <a href="https://www.telegram.com/news/20191218/classic-attitash-in-new-hampshire-offers-solid-skiing-boarding" target="_blank">December 18, 2019</a><br />
<a href="https://vtsports.com/going-uphill-fast/" target="_blank">Vermont Ski and Sports</a> January 3, 2019<br />
<a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2017/04/02/racing-up-and-down/" target="_blank">Portland Press Herald</a> April 2, 2017<br />
<a href="https://wjbq.com/what-is-skimo-racing-its-coming-to-sunday-river-march-25th/" target="_blank">WJBQ</a> March 19, 2017<br />
<a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/travel/2017/02/16/the-hottest-new-way-ski-resorts-uphill-skiing-and-snowboarding/C57MtKBnVXULmsA1YL48HJ/story.html" target="_blank">Boston Globe</a> February 16, 2017<br />
<a href="http://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/as-thunderbolt-ski-race-takes-a-break-meets-its-grueling-replacement-the-bolt,528680" target="_blank">Berkshire Eagle</a> January 4, 2017<br />
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6QMdxLQ2UK-WmNKQTY4b1VpYTg/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Backcountry Magazine</a> October 2015<br />
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6QMdxLQ2UK-cFQ5WlFyY0RrcDA/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Endurance News</a> June/July 2015<br />
<a href="http://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2015/03/14/thunderbolt-ski-run-nowicki" target="_blank">Only a Game</a> [nat'l radio broadcast] March 14, 2015<br />
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6QMdxLQ2UK-V3dRUUZPS2NyTUk/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Berkshire Eagle</a> February 28, 2015<br />
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<a href="https://www.wamc.org/new-england-news/2015-02-27/racing-style-change-to-be-showcased-saturday-on-thunderbolt-trail">WAMC </a>February 27, 2015</div>
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6QMdxLQ2UK-eWUySlktSU5lOFE/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Berkshire Eagle</a> February 9, 2015<br />
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6QMdxLQ2UK-Y2dTNTllWG9fRjA/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Rutland Herald</a> March 24, 2014<br />
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6QMdxLQ2UK-TTF2QzktZkxXbW8/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a> February 26, 2013<br />
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6QMdxLQ2UK-bkVPWUNQSlJyQXc/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Boston Globe</a> January 3, 2013<br />
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